I love how the Dream Weavers world makes a contrast between good dreams and nightmares. You have the Home World - some sort of fortress high up in the sky, very colourful, a good place to watch and protect the dreams of the creatures below. Dark Passage - I adore the theme of these tiny cute creatures becoming huge and terrifying once the lights go out, it perfectly reflects the human fear of the dark and the level always gives me a tense feeling of not knowing what might be around the next corner. Lofty Castle - Huge fantasy castle up in space. It's a very colourful environment and a very magical experience to play. The music is soothing and almost feels like your just drifting away in your own world of dreams. Haunted Towers - I don't really have as much to say about this. It does stick with the fantasy theme and maybe is made to reflect the human fear of ghosts in the re-animated armour suits(even though the wizards are clearly responsible). Jacques - this level is a very nightmarish landscape filled with these disturbing creatures with huge claws and sharp teeth. The music is kinda goofy but in an creepy sort of way. The colours also show off the nightmare-like theme, you can see a lot of dull gray and black but importantly red, a colour associated with fear. It in general, not a very happy area. Also Jacques hifself could reflect a fear of clowns. Maybe?
Very well said. I enjoy hearing your insight into the deeper meaning of the environmental themes. Lofty Castle reminds me of the first time I tried codeine, haha.
This is one of the most darkest bosses in the game.. even more dark than Toasty.. In the dreamweaver world, it's mostly just none-sense and things that could actually happen within the dream world.. However when you go into Jacques level.. everything turns dark and serious.. like a nightmare.. the further you progress Dreamweavers the more you begin to notice that this nice charming dream is turning into a nightmare.
I never paid attention to how amazing the music was in this game as a kid. After playing this on Reignited Trilogy, this song is so badass. That bass in the background is delicious. Omg I love Spyro..
Even as a kid, I loved this level. It didn't scare me, it just really intrigued me. The combination of the atmosphere and music really made everything sublime.
You mean to tell me that even though I got the pronunciation wrong as a kid, I still managed to be half-correct because I was calling him Jacks the whole time? o_o Mind. Blown.
Spyro: "Any advice before this... battle?" Revilo: "Advice...Hmmm... A wise dragon once told me: 'Aim high in life, but watch out for flying boxes'." Spyro: "Huh?" *Jacques throws a jack-in-the-box at Spyro
Ah. Jacques. I was always so scared to fight this guy. I literally cried when I was going down into his den. I thought he was gonna look like one of those crab-like monsters in the stage, but it turned out he was just a jack-in-the-box. xD
this has to be my alltime favourite spyro song it was funny cos my dad brought this cd called "stewart copeland anthology" and one of th tracks was this, but he calls it Rain
1) Wasn't this replaced with Town Square? Because I've heard Town Square replaced with this once. 2) Some of Jacques' theme is in The Spyro Reignited Trilogy Main Theme.
I remember at the time this point in the game where i had reached... This music will remain a memory for me, as some girl when i was in assembly would turn around to me and say that the world was ending and i just strugged it off... However at the time, i later realised it was some nonsense pushed by mainstream media
i can still feel the excitement and mounting tension when i was in this level. i just had a few more levels to go and... well, lets just say that this is most definitely one of the best games ive ever played. tlos dotd and we ski barely match up to it. (yes i have a wii)
@ethanizabunny I doubt it, there's no way he could forget making music for the Spyro games. Especially because the music's awesome! :D Seriously though, it's not like he made video game music for a living or anything - it was just the 4 Spyro games he did (to my knowledge).
I agree the colors and the song went well with this. I was only like 9 years old and I felt that very atmosphere about it too. The monsters in the stage were pretty creepy and didn't match though lol.
@LidsAreFun My songs never screw up in Spyro 1. They are all perfect. My only screwed up Original Spyro disc is Spyro 3, which screwed up so many songs... You should imagine my reaction when I heard the REAL evening Lake and Final Boss Battle (NOT Bonus Level).
now this is one level i will never forget completing in spyro1 :D heheh to be honest i think Jaques was a pretty fun but hilarious boss n this music pretty much fits him aswell as the level itself.
I once had a buddy named Jake who jokingly would say that we had to fight him bc of this level. The french name for Jake is....well it's on the title of the video.
Jacques In My Opinion was one of the hardest levels in the game due to that 1 Dragon that the only way to get him was by flaming BOTH Of the time buggers which was VERY hard Work >.>
